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WM. GARR, or BATH; MAINE.

"FFICE y oonsrnucrme ur-ac'sanvns` non MAKING BREAD.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 3,192, `dated July 22, 1843.

T0 all 'wh-0m; 2f may concern: i

Be it known that I.. Wint-,raar CARR; of Bath, in the State of Maine, have invented anew and useful Machinefor the Purpose ofPreparing Ship and other'Bread forlaking, of the construction and operation of which the following is a full and exact deiscription,` reference being hadtothe aecompanying drawings; n

On a frame (marked E, n) of adm eight to ten feet in length, two o-r two and a quarter feet wide, and one and a half high, or such' other ,similar dimensions as may be preferred,` erect, and firmly ix on each side piece, at about o-ne quarter of the distance from one end of the frame,y a supporter, or frame, consisting oftwo sidepieces, orposts of iron (a, 0,) about an inch and a half square, and eighteen inches high, parallel to each other, and three inches apart, with a cross piece (Z) to connect them at` the top, and with grooves to permit a. slide (6,) to be moved up or down in them about an inch, by means of a screw (p) passing through the cross-pieceat the top` into it. These supporters may be inserted lat an angle of 50 degrees with longer end of the frame. In thelower part of these supporters, in the slide therein, which should however be separated from` the4 upper part and lirmly` fas` tened to the posts, insert, on each side, the axis of a cylindricalroller of iron (0,) live or six inches in diameter, so that the lower side of the cylinder shall be an inch above thetop o-f the frame. In the `upper slide, at each side, insert the axis of another cylinder (62,) of the same size, so that when the slide is down the two cylinders may be within a quarter of an inch of each other; which last cylinder should have a rim at each end of more than an` inch, passing closely over the ends of the first.

On one end of the upper cylinder, attach firmly to it, three ratchet wheels (l, 2, 3) separated from each other by two rims of metal (A, B,) about half an inch thick; playing freely around this cylinder, as an axis, and so much larger than the ratchets as to allow three or more pawls (fla) affixed to the exterior edge` on each side of both, to fall upon the contiguous ratchets, moving them, and consequently the cylinder, as these rims are moved. l

At a convenientdistance, say eight or ten inches, above the wheels, pass a strong `axle or shaft (f,) through the movable slides so l as partially to revolve in them. On this shaft, over the ratchet wheels, aiiix, firmly, a brake about a foot llong (9,) by the middle, to move the axle or shaft and brake each 30 way, up and down, eight cr ten degrees; with a mortise in each end of the brake for the insertion of a lever' (7L). From theend of the brake (an) next to the shorter end of the frame,`let an arm (z',) extend to one of,

the rims, downward, nearly at a tangent thereto, and be aflixed at each end by a ]o1nt,so as to permit the motion of the brake, and therebycause the motion of the rim, and from the` other end of the brake (00,) let another arm (j,) extend nearly horia` zontally to the top oftheother rim, also nearly as a tangent, and to be affixed atV each end as the first. In this manner the downward motion of both ends of` the brake will cause the cylinder continually to revolve in the same direction, the pawls on the outward rim acting upon the outward `and middle, and those on the inward rim, acting upon the middle and inward, ratchet wheels.

"Thence the continued up and down motion l of the brakewill cause` the continued revoy lution of the cylinder. On the other end." of this cylinder, and thesame end ofthat below, place cog-wheels of equal size (6, `'7), interlocking, sothat the motion of theupper cylinder `may -cause the -motion of the` lower one in the opposite direction, and both may draw in the doughbetween them. 'Ihe cogs of thesewheelsshould be flong "enough tointerlock when the cylinders are'farther separated, to permit the passage of dough nearly an inch thick. Near each :end of the frame placewa woodenv cylinderabout the Y size of the others, with axes revolving in the `95 side-pieces, to be moved by a cog-wheel on one (3) connected by an interposed` cogwheel (12) `with that of the lower cylinder (7) and by a band of cloth passing over both, nearly as wide as` the frame, and so placed that the upper side may press against the lower metal cylinder. On the Aside of the shaft or axle, next to theV longer part of the frame, at each end, about one quarter part of the distance, toward the other end, affix an arm (0, 0,) extending six or eight inches, on a line with the brake. From the end of each of these arms with a joint-,let fall another arm downward (1", 13) so long that the cutter. hereafter described, fixed upon the ends of them, may press firmly upon the upper side `of the band, under which, where the pressure is, should be a cross-piece (I, 1,) on the frame to support it. These lower arms should be kept in place by passing through a curved piece of metal (8,) eXtending round from one supporter to the other. The lower ends of these arms are to be screwed into a cutter (0,) resembling that in Curtlands patent. The improvement in this cutter consists in the omission of the iron plate across the frame, through which the cutters and points pass, and instead thereof inserting a fall plate (1),) consisting of an iron plate within the frame (5, 5, 5) of the cutter similar to Curtlands, supported by pins (t, 4,) passing up from each corner through that frame, with heads which prevent its falling lower than edge of the cutter, and permit it to be pressed up while the cutter is in operation. The purpose of this is to press off the bread, when cut, from the Cutters and points. In-

stead of this singlerfall, however, separate falls may be aHiXed in the same manner between each cutter.

On the side of the supporters next to the short end of the frame is to be aixed a kind of hopper or trough (141,) made b-y a board passing from between the metal cylinders upwards, at an angle of Q0 or 25 degrees with the horizon, Wide enough to hold the prepared dough, and so as to permit it to slide down to the cylinders and be taken in and pressed bet-Ween them in their revolutions. Side pieces should be put on this to keep the dough from falling oi.

By taking otl" the cutter, the cylinders may be used for breaking dough by passing' it between them as often as necessary. rlhe dough may also be broke and cut in one operation, by adding, with cog-wheels, as many similar pairs of additional cylinders as may be desired.

)Vhat l claim is- The mode herein described of effecting the combined movement of the cylinders and brake for the purposes specied in the foregoing description.

VILLIAM CARR.

Witnesses:

BENJEN RANDALL, SARAH O. SAMESON. 

